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he supposes they are safely inside. Here is a method that worked very 

 successfully with me while at Chautauqua, N. Y., during July and August 

 of last Summer. Procure a two-drachm vial one-quarter full of chloro- 

 form or ether; a larger bottle containing alcohol and a penny camel's-hair 

 brush. Now, having found a locality where the beetles are plenty, drop 

 the brush in the ether and apply it to the specimens wanted. It is sur- 

 prising to see how quickly they are put to sleep. Almost immediately 

 they may be transferred to the alcohol bottle on the tip of the brush and 

 you are ready for more. In this manner hundreds can be taken within a 

 short time, and I am sure it would work admirably with the insects of 

 other orders besides Coleoptera, especially where the species are minute, 

 but too quick to take in the usual manner. Try it. LEE B. WALTON, 

 Kenka College, N. Y. 



AILANTHUS FOLIAGE AND THE ROSE-BEETLE. Concerning Professor 

 Troop's note in the May number of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, the New 

 Jersey experience has been that the insect favors the blossom in prefer- 

 ence to the leaves, which are little eaten. With us the Ailanthus is know r n 

 as the " tallow tree," and the observation that dead beetles in abundance 

 were found under the trees, led to the experiment with decoctions of the 

 blossoms. The secret of the effect observed is in the word " later," that 

 is, only late in the season the worn out specimens feed on Ailanthus and 

 die naturally. I have seen the ground beneath a chestnut tree strewn in 

 the same way; but all specimens were old, and had died of some senile 

 weakness rather than from any poison contained in the food. The fox 

 glove only seems to act as a poison on the virile insect, and this used as 

 a decoction acted too slowly to be effective in protecting vineyards. Yet, 

 it may be well to try a decoction of Ailanthus foliage. Finally, a printer's 

 error makes it Bulletin "32" instead of 82. Prof. J. B. SMITH. 



Identification of Insects (Imagos) for Subscribers. 



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